HowTo: Create Slackware Linux Bootable USB Pen Drive

How do I Install Slackware Linux version 13.13 using a bootable USB stick under Unix or Linux operating systems? You can use standard dd command to convert and copy a file. In this case you need to use usbboot.img file. The steps are as follows:

usbboot.img – It is a 30MB small USB boot image that you can use to boot into the Slackware setup program.

/dev/sdc – USB stick

BIOS Boot Options

Your computer BIOS must support booting from USB HDD.

Start your computer.

Press [DEL] or [F2] to enter into BIOS setup ( this step is dependent on the type of computer you have, see your computer manual for more info).

Make sure boot option is set to USB Hard disk.

Plug the USB stick into your computers USB slot

Boot the system up.

The Slackware Linux installer will start. Log in as root. Use fdisk or cfdisk command to create partitions:# cfdisk /dev/sda OR# fdisk /dev/sda To start the install type setup command:# setup You can now install packages from a CDROM, hard disk or network locations.

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Posted by: Vivek Gite

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